LATE CHANGE: FINAL TEAMS: Melbourne vs Geelong – Round 20, 2026

Melbourne and Geelong have finalised their lineups for the match at MCG. Ollie Henry comes in for Sam de Koning (illness).

MCG

MELB   

97

FT

117

   GEEL

    #AFLDeesCats

MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   

IN Lukas Cooke, Harrison Petty, Paddy Cross, Bailey Laurie, Tom McDonald OUT Changkuoth Jiath (Injured), Daniel Turner (Injured), Jake Melksham (Omitted), Caleb Windsor (Injured), Max Heath (Omitted)

IN Tanner Bruhn, Mark Blicavs OUT Max Holmes (Injured), Sam De Koning (Illness)

FB 17 Jake Bowey 8 Jake Lever 46 Lukas Cooke FF 35 P. Dangerfield 33 Shannon Neale 2 Jay Polkinghorne HB 24 Trent Rivers 35 Harrison Petty 22 Blake Howes HF 32 Gryan Miers 21 Oliver Wiltshire 45 Bradley Close C 12 Koltyn Tholstrup 32 Tom Sparrow 4 Harvey Langford C 28 Oliver Dempsey 3 Bailey Smith 46 Mark Blicavs HF 41 Paddy Cross 37 Kade Chandler 30 Harry Sharp HB 39 Zach Guthrie 38 Jack Henry 4 Tanner Bruhn FF 33 Latrelle Pickett 2 Jacob van Rooyen 31 Bayley Fritsch FB 44 Tom Stewart 14 Connor O'Sullivan 13 Jhye Clark

FOLLOWERS
11	Max Gawn
9	Jack Steele
36	Kysaiah Pickett

INTERCHANGE
16	Bailey Laurie
15	Ed Langdon
21	Matthew Jefferson
25	Tom McDonald
47	Joel Fitzgerald

EMERGENCIES
3	Christian Salem
19	Xavier Taylor
27	Max Heath

FOLLOWERS
11	Mitchell Edwards
30	Tom Atkins
34	Oisin Mullin

INTERCHANGE
42	Mark O'Connor
36	Oliver Henry
17	Lawson Humphries
7	Shaun Mannagh
29	James Worpel

EMERGENCIES
16	Sam De Koning
19	Jack Martin
12	Jack Bowes

Melbourne
IN	L. Cooke, H. Petty, P. Cross, B. Laurie, T. McDonald
OUT	C. Jiath, D. Turner, J. Melksham, C. Windsor, M. Heath
B J. Bowey, J. Lever, L. Cooke HB T. Rivers, H. Petty, B. Howes C K. Tholstrup, T. Sparrow, H. Langford HF P. Cross, K. Chandler, H. Sharp F L. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, B. Fritsch FOL M. Gawn, J. Steele, K. Pickett I/C B. Laurie, E. Langdon, M. Jefferson, T. McDonald, J. Fitzgerald EMG C. Salem, X. Taylor, M. Heath
Geelong
IN	T. Bruhn, M. Blicavs
OUT	M. Holmes, S. De Koning
B T. Stewart, C. O'Sullivan, J. Clark HB Z. Guthrie, J. Henry, T. Bruhn C O. Dempsey, B. Smith, M. Blicavs HF G. Miers, O. Wiltshire, B. Close F P. Dangerfield, S. Neale, J. Polkinghorne FOL M. Edwards, T. Atkins, O. Mullin I/C M. O'Connor, O. Henry, L. Humphries, S. Mannagh, J. Worpel EMG S. De Koning, J. Martin, J. Bowes